Intelsat has also suspended broadcasting Kurdish Roj TV reportedly under pressure from the United States, Brussels-based Roj TV, which holds a Danish broadcasting licence, said on 31 January.
Citing a statement from Roj TV directors, the report said the station resumed broadcasting on Intelsat which it referred to as a Greek company - but that one day after the start of its broadcast on the new satellite it was suspended under US pressure. The report did not say when it started broadcasting on Intelsat.
The station was previously hosted on Eutelsat until 19 January when the France-based company decided to suspend its broadcasts following a Danish court verdict on 10 January which fined Roj TV, saying it was financed and controlled by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group labelled a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. The court decision did not revoke the station’s broadcasting license.
The Roj TV statement said that the US put pressure on Greece to suspend Roj TV broadcasts on Intelsat.
The station still runs a live feed on the internet, which can be found on www.roj.tv, among others.
(Source: Roj TV, Brussels, in Kurdish 1600 gmt 31 Jan 12 via BBC Monitoring)
on Feb 2nd, 2012 at 10:25
I don’t know about Roj TV but right now Radio Denge Mezopotamya is heard loud and clear on 11530 kHz. It’s too bad they don’t have English service.